Improvement in corset-steels



NrrED STATES JoHN A. FARE, 0E PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN CORSET-STEELS.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 174,668, dated March 14,1876 application filed February 112, 1876.

To all whom Iit may concern:

Beit known that I, JoHN Asn-IE FARB, of Philadelphia, in the county ofPhiladelphia and State ot' Pennsylvania, have invented a new andvaluable Improvement in Corset- Steels; and I do hereby declare that thefol'- lowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the constructionand operation of t-he saine, reference being had to the annexeddrawings, making a part ot' this specification, and to the letters andfigures of reference marked there- Figure l of the drawings is arepresentation ot' a front view. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional'view ofthe same. Figs. 3 and 4 are detail views. Fig. 5 is a transversesectional view.

This invention has relation to'improvements in corset-steels.

The object of the invention is to so secure the clasps and hooks to thesteels that they may be readily detached therefrom without ripping thecorset, and so that the said steels shall'be prevented from working upor down in their sheaths to the manifest discomfort ot' the wearer. l

rIo this end the invention consists in a corset-steel sheathed in theedge ot' a corset, both the sheath and steel heilig provided withregistering spaced pertorations adapted to receive lugs t'orined on thelateral edges ot' a metallic eye, which ln gs are, after being passedthrough the steel and sheath, ilattened down upon the under side ot' thelatter, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

ln the annexed drawings, the, letters A A designate corset-steels of theusual dimen sions and form, which are sheathed in the customary mannerin the front edges ot' a pair of corsets. Steel A is designed to receiveeyes B, arranged ata suitable distance apart, and steel A hooks C,arranged in a position relative to the said eyes, such that the eyes andhooks shall readily engage with each other and unite the two edges ofthe corset-sections. Both steels A and A6 and their respective sheaths dare provided with registering-perforations i fi', arranged in sets oftwo at a suitable distance apart from the top to the bottom thereof,which perforations are adapt ed to receive correspondingly-shaped lugsb, formed on the lateral edges of eyes B and hooks C.

The steels being inserted in their respective the corset has becomesoiled the fasteningpoints b ofthe hooks and eyes may be turned up withthe blade of a knife, and drawn out ot pertorations ifi', thus allowingthe steels to be removed from their sheaths inthe corset without rippingthe latter.

rIhe fastening-points being passed through the sheath and steels, andheilig flattened on the under side of the former, the latter will beprevented from Working out of the sheaths either up or down, and willthus greatly add to the comfort of the wearer.

Eyes B and hooks C are of sheet metal, and are respectively formed outot' the blanks B C. (Shown in Figs. 3 and 4.) Blank Bconsists of anoblong body, c, provided with a-n eye, e, in one end, and having uponits lateral edges rectangular spurs b', Which, when bent at right anglesto body a, will form the fastening-points b. Blank C is of the generalshape of the letter T, and its fastening-points will be formed bybending the -ends b of its lon-ger arm under at right angles to theirformer position, while the shorter arm j will be bent upward and over toform the hook proper c. v

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is V l. Ina corset, the combinatiomwith the steels A A', having perforations t't', and their respective sheaths, having registering-periorations fi t',the hooks C, and eyes B, having fasteningpoints I) upon their lateraledges, substantially as specified.

` 2. The eye-blank B', consisting of the oblong body a, having aperforation, e, in one end, and projecting lugs b upon its lateraledges, substantially asspecitied.

, 3. TheT-shaped hook-blank C', adapted for use substantially asspecified.

In testimony that I claim the above l have hereunto subscribed my namein`the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN ASKIE FARB.

"Witnesses:

ALLEN H. GANGEWER, WALTER C. MAsr.

A'IEN'r- EE-IcE.

